Except as provided in § 246-10 hereof, no person or persons, firm or corporation shall operate a towing car for hire within the limits of the Village unless a permit therefor shall first be obtained from the Board of Trustees, signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the Clerk as hereinafter provided.

No such permit shall be issued unless an application therefor shall
have been filed with the Village Clerk upon a form prescribed therefor of
the Board of Trustees, which shall include in the case of towing car owners:

Every permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall expire on the 31st day of December following the issuance thereof. The permit fee payable for each such permit or renewal thereof, which permit may cover one or more towing cars operated by the same owner, shall be as provided in Chapter 125, Fees and Deposits.

The applicant for such permit shall file with the Board of Trustees
a schedule of the maximum prices to be charged for towing and storage of disabled
motor vehicles. Such charges shall be based on the distance that each disabled
motor vehicle is to be towed and shall not be based on availability of towing
car facilities. No towing car owner or operator or other person employed by
the owner shall base any charge upon estimation.

It shall be unlawful for any person to tow away any motor vehicle which
has been involved in an accident without prior consent of the owner or the
police officer at the scene of the accident, and no car shall be removed from
the scene of an accident where the police officer requires or requests that
an examination be held for the purpose of determining whether the car is defective.

On each side of every towing car for which a permit has been granted
there shall be legibly inscribed in letters not less than three inches high
the name and address of the owner of such towing car, or the person having
the permit therefor, and the permit number assigned to such towing car by
the Mayor.

The Mayor shall have power to suspend any permit issued pursuant to
this chapter for the violation of any rules thereof or of any rules and regulations
promulgated by him or for the failure of the owner or operator of any towing
car who is able and willing to pay the fee prescribed in the schedule of prices
filed as hereinbefore provided for, or if the owner or operator of any towing
car shall collect or attempt to collect a fee in excess of the maximum fee
for such services prescribed in the schedule of prices as hereinbefore provided.